People · Germany
Hendrik Ludwig
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019LUDW01
Hendrik Ludwig has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.54, set at Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 467th in Germany. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2019, he has put 252 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.56 in June 2019 to 10.54, a 70% improvement. Hendrik has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.54 | 12.15 | top 9.1% | 467 / 4,109 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 5.58 | top 15.4% | 548 / 2,875 | |
| Skewb | 6.58 | 10.38 | top 30.3% | 416 / 1,169 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.46 | 10.44 | top 31.7% | 746 / 1,987 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.83 | 36.73 | top 38.9% | 512 / 1,314 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.69 | — | top 66.3% | 1,268 / 1,934 | |
| Clock | 21.78 | — | early days — 3 solves | 449 / 634 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.25 at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Open 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.25 at Rhein-Neckar Open 2022.
- 26 Oct 2019First sub-30 3×3: 22.53 at German Big Cube Open 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019First competition: Rhein-Neckar Open 2019. A 34.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hessen Mini Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- German Big Cube Open 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Malte Ihlefeld — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Linh Son Luu — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kevin Gerhardt — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.